The Love Of The Last Tycoon

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He was named after an ancestor.
He never lived in the same place for more than a few years.
His wife Zelda was considered a “Flapper”.
He worked as a Hollywood Screenwriter .
He died before finishing his last novel “The love of the last Tycoon”.
He was a big Drinker and he fell into a depression.
He died of an heart attack.

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